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December 30

Humanitarian Bowl

Why is there a college bowl game in Boise, Idaho, of all places? -- Mwalcoff (talk) 03:44, 30 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Why shouldn't there be? It generates money for the economy, helps the schools involved, etc.... Dismas|^(talk) 03:54, 30 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Because the people who run the bowl game have valid contracts with NCAA conferences to host teams from those conferences in a bowl game. Other bowl games occur in equally small cities and out-of-the-way places such as the Independence Bowl in Shreveport, LA and the Sun Bowl in El Paso, Texas. Plus, the Humanitarian Bowl has the coolness factor of being played on the Smurf Turf... --Jayron32.talk.contribs 04:05, 30 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, but at least it's warm in El Paso. If they can have a game in Boise, what's to stop them from having a game in Chicago or Boston? -- Mwalcoff (talk) 02:04, 31 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Or Toronto: International Bowl? Or Detroit: Motor City Bowl? What's wrong with cold weather bowl games? And if a group came up with a package, and secured tie-ins with NCAA conferences, then sure one could happen in Chicago or Boston. No problem there... --Jayron32.talk.contribs 02:13, 31 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Toronto and Detroit are indoors. Boise is the only bowl game played outdoors in a real cold-weather city. -- Mwalcoff (talk) 03:47, 31 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The original idea was that a bowl game was a treat to reward a team that had performed well during the season. It was an exhibition, and involved travel to an exotic and warm locale over the school holiday break (the travel included not only the team, but large numbers of students, alumni and other fans). Obviously, it's not as much of a treat if players and fans have to slog through a muddy field in sub-zero weather. The first of these non-traditional bowl games was, if I remember correctly, the Garden State Bowl played in the Meadowlands from 1978 to 1981. That particular bowl game no longer exists, and the article states that frigid playing conditions contributed to its demise, but there have been a few others played in colder places over the years. --Xuxl (talk) 15:06, 31 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

re: "Boise is the only bowl game played outdoors in a real cold-weather city." I was at the EagleBank Bowl and it was damn cold in D.C. that day. —D. Monack ^talk 06:38, 5 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

odd fixtures

when will man utd become level on games played with the other teams? they are still two matches behind and half the season is over.i'm really getting confused.--scoobydoo (talk) 05:02, 30 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

They are playing Wigan on January 14th and Fulham on Tuesday 17th February - those are the two games they have so far missed, so provided they don't have these (or other) games rearranged they will have caught up their missed games by February 18th. 194.221.133.226 (talk) 09:10, 30 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

thanks a lot--59.93.193.206 (talk) 15:28, 30 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'm glad someone knew what you're talking about... I have only to guess that it has something to do with soccer/football. Dismas|^(talk) 20:29, 30 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Football, yes. At any one time the state of the teams is measured by the league table, which shows matches played, won, drawn and lost, goals scored and conceded, and points scored to date. The fixture list is irregular, i.e. not all teams play on the same dates. So it may be that one team is ahead of another in the league by virtue of having won more games, but they have also played more games than their rivals (we say that the team which has played fewer games has 'games in hand'). Clearly this does not give the full picture of who is in the best position at any one time, hence the OP's question. --Richardrj ^talk ^email 20:55, 30 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. Dismas|^(talk) 03:40, 31 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

CSI

In the CSI episode Feeling the Heat, at the end does the woman fall on her chair in tiredness, or does she have a heatstroke? I expect she's tired, it's just that CSI episodes end very abruptly, :)--Editor510 ^{drop us a line, mate} 09:29, 30 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Being fiction, if not expressly stated in the show, it would be nothing but wild speculation as to the writer's intent in that scene. In other words, your guess is as valid as anyone elses would be. --Jayron32.talk.contribs 18:17, 30 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

She's a main-freakin'-character! HOW THE HELL CAN I DO THAT?! It's right at the end. Last few seconds before credits.--Editor510 ^{drop us a line, mate} 19:28, 30 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

1) Yelling and faux-swearing at people who are VOLUNTEERING to attempt to help you is not good form. 2) The episode recap at TV.com (which is linked from the article) does not mention anything similar to what you've described; the final scene in their synopsis say "Catherine goes to her car, gets in and checks the temperature: 135 degrees. She shuts the door, and watches as the temperature rises to 136... 137... ". 3) There are two other episode pages linked from the article, perhaps one of them would have more useful for you. --LarryMac | Talk 21:31, 30 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

She leans back into her car seat because the heat has made her wilt. This sort of means both your interpretations are right. It would be a bit intense to call it heat stroke, as she doesn't actually collapse or anything, but she has flaked out due to the heat. The connection between her leaning back and the heat is made clear by this transcript of the episode: [1]

"CATHERINE walks out to her car. She gets inside and shuts the door. She turns on the temperature gauge. It reads: 135 degrees F inside temp.)

(CATHERINE leans back in her seat and watches as the temperature rises. 136 ... 137 ... )

(Camera holds on CATHERINE. She sighs.)

(Blur out.)

FADE TO BLACK. "

There's nothing seriously wrong with her as it's not mentioned in the next episode [2]. Heat has this effect on all of us, eddie might well not be able to remember that as our summers in the UK have been awful in recent years.:) Sticky Parkin 23:30, 30 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

December 31

What do fired coaches do?

Today it was Mike Shanahan! In today's economy it is most definately a real tragedy. There are too many coaches to name here. In today's dreadful economy what's a fired coach to do?Baseball and and and Popcorn Fanatic (talk) 00:19, 31 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Are you honestly sad for him? He has a monstrous house in Denver that is completely paid for. He has millions of dollars in the bank and is expected to receive $30 million in a release from his contract. On top of that, he is still apparently owed $250k from the Raiders. He has enough to never work again if he doesn't want to. If he does want to, it will be easy for him to find a job. -- kainaw ™ 00:26, 31 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

He was just the one fired today, so he was fresh in my mind. I just think he deserves a little respect.Baseball and and and Popcorn Fanatic (talk) 00:31, 31 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Your question simply doesn't make much sense. You state that the economy is a real tragedy and ask what a fired coach can do in the economy. I pointed out that at his income level, the economy status is not a factor. He has a house. He has multiple cars. He has plenty of money already and plenty more on the way. Other coaches are in a similar state. When they are "fired", the contract is paid out. They receive millions of dollars. They are not suddenly kicked out on the streets with no home and no money. It is not a matter of respect. NFL coaches are rich and can easily handle many years of unemployment. You can feel sorry about the way they are treated, but feeling sorry about how they can handle the economy makes no sense. -- kainaw ™ 00:38, 31 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think that people whose annual salary runs to 7 figures are going to have much of a problem in the current economy. Mike Shanahan has made more cash in his 15+ years as head coach than I will ever make in my entire lifetime. If he has financial problems, he has no one to blame but himself; he can't claim that being fired has put him in any financial danger by itself. And if he wants it (he certainly doesn't need it) he'll get another job. He's been fired before (from the Raiders) and survived; he'll do what most of these coaches do. He'll become a comemntator at ESPN or FOX or something for a year or two, then he'll get another head coaching job in the NFL. --Jayron32.talk.contribs 02:10, 31 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

In response to the last question posted by the OP, the question of what a fired pro coach is to do, there aren't a lot of possibilities but there are some. Some jobs that a fired coach could go for would be to coach a university team, write for a newspaper or sports magazine, be a commentator for ESPN or some other network, or move to another pro team. Granted, there aren't as many jobs to chose from as, let's say, a mechanical/electrical/optical/etc engineer has available to them but there are places to go. Dismas|^(talk) 03:58, 31 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

To respond to Dismas; assuming that the coach merely wanted to remain in coaching, there are actually thousands of coaching jobs at all levels of football. Considering that even many high school teams have a head coach and several assisstant coaches, he could conceivably have MANY opportunities for employment fairly quickly. He may want to hold out for the right job (likely in broadcasting or as a head coach or coordinator of a Pro or Div. IA college team), but if he just wanted to work, there are plenty of place that would hire him right now.--Jayron32.talk.contribs 21:50, 31 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

This is WP:OR here but... I don't think a high school would be *that* enthusiastic about hiring him. Yeah, he's a big name and they'd get to pat themselves on the back for having John Doe as their head coach but they know they can't pay him anywhere near what he was making and he's very very over qualified. The school would have to wonder if he's taking the job just to have something to do or if he's actually committed to teaching football to a bunch of high school kids instead of training an already knowledgeable team of pro players. Then they have to look at the possibility of hiring him as an asst. coach. If they do that, it might like holding an axe over the head of the current head coach. Would you want to be the head coach if you knew that one of your asst coaches was some big name pro coach? You might be second guessing yourself or think that the school would soon be letting you go in preference to this other guy. So for a number of reasons, it's not a good move for a high school. A big name university would be a good fit for an ex-pro coach but not a high school, IMO. Dismas|^(talk) 22:07, 31 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

One point to note is that when professional or high-level college coaches get fired, they are often in the middle of a contract term and the ownership or college hierarchy just wants a new coach in. The contract is still valid so the team or college must still pay the coach until the contract expires, or he/she signs on with another team, or takes another job and absolves the team of the contract. There have been times (I wish I could think of one off-hand) where a team has been paying three or more coaches, most of whom aren't working for the team any longer. — Michael J 23:47, 31 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Has anyone ever run the bases backwards?

We've all seen the wrong way touchdown or two over the years. But seriously, has anyone ran to third base after hitting it out of the park? What then? I almost did it myself a few times. Now I'm no pro, but sometimes there is that moment of "Which way?" Did anyone ever turn against thier coach, umpire and teammates and on purpose just cut across to second? Or bust a beer bottle, run into the stands, and cut a fan?Baseball and and and Popcorn Fanatic (talk) 00:29, 31 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The closest you'll find in MLB is Jimmy Piersall. He ran them in the correct order, but was facing backwards as he ran. I believe that he said he did it just to get his name in the papers. -- kainaw ™ 00:41, 31 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The rules state clearly that you have to run the bases in order. If the ball is in play, it simply needs to be thrown to first base for the batter to be out while he's running all out for third base. In the case of a home run, the balll is dead, so the defense would need to make an appeal play before the next pitch. The batter could correct his mistake by fully retracing his steps, retouching in reverse order every base he has touched, and then running the bases in the correct order. However, if he passes any other runner during that process, he would be automatically out. This retracing of steps would only be allowed to happen if the umpire considered that the base runner was genuinely confused; he is allowed to call out a runner for "making a mockery of the game", and in most cases things wouldn't end there - an ejection, a suspension and a fine would likely follow. Here's a link to the relevant section of the MLB rules (7.02) [3]. You can also read this article. --Xuxl (talk) 15:18, 31 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

p.s. regarding Jimmy Piersall, he pulled his stunt to celebrate his 100th lifetime home run. --Xuxl (talk) 15:20, 31 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

p.p.s. You can also read about the famous case of Germany Schaefer stealing first base (after reaching second base) in 1911 (also here). --Xuxl (talk) 15:27, 31 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Lynyrd Skynyrd

I know that Hughie Thomasson of The Outlaws and Ricky Medlocke of Blackfoot both played with Skynyrd, but were they ever in the group together? --Cubs Fan ^(Talk) 01:46, 31 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The article titled List of Lynyrd Skynyrd band members lists every member AND their tenure in the band. If you read it, you can answer your own question. --Jayron32.talk.contribs 02:05, 31 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Guest Starring

Apart from Jesse McCartney, the Veronicas and the Jonas Brothers, what are the only singers and bands that have guest starred in a TV show in Disney Channel? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.244.14.189 (talk) 03:42, 31 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

there are likely to be hundreds of musical acts which, over the course of the past 30 years or so, have appeared on the Disney Channel. It's a likely unmanagably large list of artists... --Jayron32.talk.contribs 03:44, 31 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I mean not starring in a TV show, I mean guest starring. I mean an actual TV show, not a movie, a break, a concert or the Disney World Christmas Parade, etc. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.244.14.189 (talk) 03:54, 31 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I really don't know, I don't watch Disney often, but probably yes, there would be an uncountable number of stars who guest starred on Disney (BTW, Happy New Year!) Narutolovehinata5 ^tccsdnew 15:30, 31 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Actors and Singers

Apart from Corbin Bleu and Billy Ray Cyrus, what are the only male actors (especially child ones) who have starred in a TV show or movie in Disney Channel, who are also singers, but not part of a band right now, and have released a personal album? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.244.14.189 (talk) 03:48, 31 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

...on the third tuesday of the month, but not when the moon is in its third quarter, and only if their mothers were named "Peggy", "Maud", or "Bertha", and only if they later appeared in drag on Haloween during the year of their 20th birthday, provided that year was not a leap year... --Jayron32.talk.contribs 03:09, 1 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Garfield Movie Question

Renamed header to avoid conflict with another "Question" Astronaut (talk) 13:26, 31 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

What's with Garfield Gets Real when there are already some live-action Garfield movies from the same company? 60.230.124.64 (talk) 06:58, 31 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure what specifically you want to know, but the plot summary explains that Garfield is sick of being in comics so he escapes to the real world. Hence, "Garfield Gets Real." I haven't seen either of the life action movies, but I understand they are set entirely in the "real" world from the get-go and do not make reference to Garfield actually being a comic strip. Tomdobb (talk) 13:28, 31 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Question 2

Why are characters sometimes voiced by people of the opposite sex? 60.230.124.64 (talk) 07:03, 31 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Because they pick the person who best fits the 'voice' they are looking for. I suspect that it is at least in part because it is easier to hire an adult female who can sound like a young boy than it is to hire a young boy to do the voice-over. There'll be plenty of voice actors out there that have specialist ranges, and considering that they are only doing voice it makes no difference what sex they are provided they provide the voice the production are looking for. on a side-note traditionally in British Pantomime the dame is played by a male, and the (younger?) male lead is played by a female. 194.221.133.226 (talk) 09:56, 31 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Also, if you want your show to run for more than a couple years, picking a boy to do a boy's voice would be a problem, as his voice is likely to change. You could then change to another voice actor, but people would notice the change. The classic case is that of Bart Simpson, whose voice has been done by Nancy Cartwright for 20 years now. If they used actual boys and changed them every 2 years, they'd be up to their 10th voice actor by now. Also note that this method isn't just limited to voice actors, women stage actors are sometimes used to play boys, too. For example, Peter Pan was played by many women, such as Mary Martin and Maude Adams. (Another approach used on TV, where you could tell if they were using women, is to use baby-faced short boys/men, so they don't outgrow the role. This has led to the careers of Michael J. Fox, Gary Coleman, Emmanuel Lewis, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, and Frankie Muniz, among others.) StuRat (talk) 15:19, 31 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Cypress Hill

Is there any explanation as to why alot of Cypress Hill's songs have a short insturmental beat at the end of the song? 71.223.208.142 (talk) 20:22, 31 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Because they like to do that? --Jayron32.talk.contribs 21:41, 31 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

..okay....thought there was some reason, like, unused beats for songs or something. ?? 71.223.208.142 (talk) 22:38, 1 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Er, what do you mean? They had some leftover beats so they had no choice but to stick them at the end of the song? I'm no musician, but I really don't think it works like that. -- Captain Disdain (talk) 23:49, 1 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

ROFL. So, like, there's like these half-empty boxes of beats lying around, and they say "man, we don't want o waste these. Let's drop a few at the end of some songs." Nice... --Jayron32.talk.contribs 21:50, 2 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'll go WAY out on a limb and suggest that it is a nod to other prospective musicians. I believe a lot of that industry came from borrowing a riff from another artist. See Amen break for the biggest example. By providing a couple seconds of instrumentals, they allow someone to easily sample it and make their own version. --Mdwyer (talk) 21:05, 4 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Daft Punk

Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger. Are they distorting their own voices, because they sound very french and I know that DP happen to be french. To be more exact, listening to the "Faster, Stronger" part I hear the Rs being slurred a bit. "Strongerr".--Editor510 ^{drop us a line, mate} 21:14, 31 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

According to our article, the credits do indeed say "vocals by Daft Punk". Which of the two it is, I don't know. Recury (talk) 03:13, 1 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Difference between two songs

Is there any metric of the difference between two songs that can be used to objectively measure the breadth of a person's musical taste or the diversity of a genre or a particular band, without the out-group homogeneity bias of subjective ratings? Neon Merlin 22:00, 31 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Music Genome Project may be of interest. --Nricardo (talk) 22:14, 31 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No.96.53.149.117 (talk) 08:16, 1 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This is obviously an entirely subjective area, but I always considered "Willingness to use time signatures other than 4:4" "Avoiding repeating patterns" "Avoiding formulaic 'verse-chorus, verse-chorus' arrangements" "Changing keys during a song (not just playing the same thing up a half-step!) or writing atonally" as examples of things that represented the breadth of musical talent (and the appreciation of them as indicating breadth of taste). NByz (talk) 07:24, 2 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I mean: No NByz (talk) 07:24, 2 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

January 1

What movie is this from? "You stole my nut, you owe me a new nut."

Can't find what movie this is from. Thank you! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.193.13.119 (talk) 01:20, 1 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The Emperor's New Groove I think... Dismas|^(talk) 02:57, 1 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

NHL 09

How is it possible to release players on NHL 09 for xbox 360. I can not seem to find the way to do that.--68.54.131.156 (talk) 08:03, 1 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Silence

hi-tack's "Silence" and Delerium's ft. Sarah McLaughlin's "Silence" sound almost excatly the same, but the articles don't mention anything. What is up with that?96.53.149.117 (talk) 08:15, 1 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

What's there to mention? It's a cover version of the same song, or a remix of a cover version, perhaps; in any case, the vocals don't seem to be the same as in MaLachlan's version. That's not particularly noteworthy in itself; people do covers and/or remixes all the time. -- Captain Disdain (talk) 23:47, 1 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Plagiarism?96.53.149.117 (talk) 01:35, 2 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Uh, no. Why would it be plagiarism? It's just a cover version of the song. In theory, it could be that the author of the song isn't being paid the appropriate royalties, in which case Hi-Tack could end up in court, but there's no reason to assume that this is the case. (Even so, it still wouldn't be plagiarism -- that's a different thing.) -- Captain Disdain (talk) 02:18, 2 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Valkyrie

For any of you who have seen Valkyrie, there was a part when the leader of the Reserve Army went to arrest Goebbels, who was on the phone with Hitler at the time. During that part, Goebbels put a small cylindrical item into his mouth, and then after the Reserve Army leader left, he took it out. What was it that he put in his mouth, and what was the significance of that? It confused me, and I feel like that was sort of important. Jared (t) 15:58, 1 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Presumably cyanide, the likely means of his suicide some 8 months later. --Cookatoo.ergo.ZooM (talk) 16:39, 1 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

For visual comparison: here you can see a reproduction of a Nazi-manufactured capsule (casing and vial), and here you can see an authentic capsule from Dr. John Lattimer's collection of military oddities. Supposedly, it belonged to Göring (according to the New York Times). ---Sluzzelin talk 18:03, 1 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

To expand on this a little, suicide pills containing cyanide were pretty much standard fare among the Nazi higher-ups, who felt that death was preferable to the humiliation of capture and war crimes trial, which they knew would be almost certainly followed by execution anyway. (Allegedly, Hermann Göring managed to kill himself with a suicide pill in prison with the help of an unwitting young guard who foolishly delivered Göring what he was assured was "medicine", thus avoiding death by hanging.) -- Captain Disdain (talk) 23:37, 1 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

But he doesn't die right away here. At least I didn't think he did. That's why I'm a little confused. Did he only take a small dose leading toward a slow death? Jared (t) 23:59, 1 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Well, I haven't seen the movie, but from your description, I would assume that he put the capsule in his mouth in preparation to committing suicide, but he didn't bite down on it, which would be a requirement for releasing the poison. He then removed it, either because he didn't have the guts to do it, or because he changed his mind, or because he felt there might still be way out of the situation, or something else along those lines. -- Captain Disdain (talk) 00:18, 2 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Right. Because events at that time wound up favorable to Goebbels, he didn't need to bite the cyanide pill, so he was able to remove it without committing suicide. Little Red Riding Hoodtalk 03:57, 2 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The scene may make more sense if you imaging substituting Claus von Stauffenberg with the guy who actually goes into the room. Goebbels doesn't know whether the officer arresting him is a loyalist following ("bad") orders, or one of the revolutionaries - a question to which one answer he would rejoin with popping the cyanide pill (or that is my interpretation), for reasons outlined above. And if I've spoiled the movie, well - Titanic sinks at the end, too. I still found the movie suspenseful. 98.169.163.20 (talk) 18:51, 3 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

January 2

Just For The Record

<redacted inappropriate content> Refdesk is not for discussing users behavior. Please use their user talk pages to carry on conversations with them. --Jayron32.talk.contribs 05:34, 2 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Title and artist of song

Can someone give me the title and singer of the song with the line "run away with me girl and i will lead you" in it? Or better still, a link to the lyrics? Thanks very much! ReluctantPhilosopher (talk) 13:22, 2 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Just a guess but this? It's not exact but it's similar —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.43.88.87 (talk) 00:25, 3 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

January 3

Toga movie: spear throwing scene

In one of the many Hollywood movies set in ancient Rome, there is a scene where a person of high standing, possibly a senator, steps out of the capitol building and glances down the steps to find one of his sworn enemies staring back at him. In one smooth motion, the senator grabs a spear (possibly from a guard) and HURLS it downward where it lands squarely in the chest of his foe, who is dead before his knees hit the ground.

Unfortunately I forgot the name of the movie, as well as other details. At most I could say that it was shot c. 1970 +/- 10 years. Can you help me identify this movie?--Goodmorningworld (talk) 02:11, 3 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

That is vaguely like Ben-Hur...there is an early scene where Ben-Hur and, uh, the other guy innuendofully throw spears at a wall, and later on when they are enemies he throws a spear at him, although he doesn't kill him so maybe that's not it. Adam Bishop (talk) 05:38, 3 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Song

There is a song sung by a female sounding voice, the song is electronic. A line that repeats at the end (and other parts) is "I'm falling in love for you" or "I'm falling in love with you" or "I'm falling in love to you", in decreasing probability. What is this song and artist?96.53.149.117 (talk) 03:30, 3 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Rap In Hiphop Song

There is a hiphop/rap song that has trumpeting 2-eighths-then-a-quarter pattern. This pattern is ascending. This this song by T.I.? Who is the artist and the name of this song?96.53.149.117 (talk) 04:18, 3 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Not that I recognize the song from your description (vague, yet very specific -- that wouldn't happen to be deliberate, would it?), but since you already mention T.I., could it perhaps be one of his songs? You might want to check out YouTube, as you can find a lot of his music over there. and if you spot the song, well, that's one problem solved. -- Captain Disdain (talk) 05:21, 3 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Jay-Z line from Coldplay's "Lost!"

I was just listening to Coldplay's Lost! with guest vocals by Jay-Z.[4] Just at the break he says the line "suicide, it's a suicide". Now, this line has been used by several other artists, like Snoop Dogg, Fat Joe, Redman etc., and seems to have developed into some kind of meme. Does anybody have any idea what the original source is? Lampman (talk) 09:13, 3 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

My guess would be KRS-One on his first album Criminal Minded. If I can remember which track it is I'll post it.91.111.84.244 (talk) 09:53, 3 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your reply. I've been able to trace it back as far as Ice-T's 1991 "Ricochet" from the movie by the same name. This could have been a reference to "Criminal Minded", since that one came out in 1987, and it would have made sense since Ice-T was a friend of KRS-One. I did a search on the lyrics on that album, however, and couldn't find it in any of the songs. It would have been interesting to know exactly why this phrase went viral. Lampman (talk) 11:37, 3 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I did some more research, and it turns out you were almost right. Someone asked the same question on Yahoo! Answers, and it turns out it is KRS-One, but from the track "Moshitup" on Just-Ice's album Kool & Deadly (also 1987). Not quite sure why this phrase caught on so badly though, but I guess it's just one of those things... Lampman (talk) 11:56, 3 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Good work. I knew it was KRS. I'm sure he said it on another tune though as I recognise it well and don't really know the Just Ice tune. Both these rappers use alot of Jamacian Patois in their lyrics and hark back to earlier Reggae sounds so the phrase may have a history there?? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.111.84.244 (talk) 12:26, 3 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Just to explain... On the 'Moshitup' tune KRS sings "Suicide, it's a suicide, biddy-bye-bye!" and on the Criminal Minded album, during the tune The Bridge is Over he sings "The bridge is over, the bridge is over, biddy-bye-bye!" in a very similar style. Hence why I thought it was that album.91.111.84.244 (talk) 19:45, 3 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Easy mistake to make. I was able to find a reliable source (The A.V. Club) dealing with the question, so now it's no longer just original research, and I can actually use the information in articles. Thanks for your help! Lampman (talk) 21:29, 4 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Georgy Girl (song)

How could a band like The Seekers make it so big in like 1968? Seriously, there were so many good psychedelic rock bands and stuff at that time, and a simple traditional pop band was getting number ones in the western world?--Veritable's Morgans Board (talk) 16:19, 3 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You may as well ask how the New Vaudeville Band had a hit with "Winchester Cathedral", or Esther and Abi Ofarim had a hit with Cinderella Rockefella, both of which are equally execrable. At the time, teenagers weren't the only ones buying records: grannies bought records too you know (we still do!). --TammyMoet (talk) 18:50, 3 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You could also note that with the growth in psychedelic rock, a lot of bands like The Beatles, the Beach Boys, The Rolling Stones, etc, had been moving in increasingly musically complex and experimental directions, and there was therefore a vacancy for simple pop music like that the Beatles or Beach Boys had been making in the early 1960s. People have always liked simple pop songs, and there was a gap in the market opening up as the more established artists moved in a different direction.

The article on The Seekers actually explains fairly well how they got popular: a song in a hit film, lots of industry support including legendary British media mogul Lew Grade, shows with big popular bands, good songwriters such as Paul Simon... --Maltelauridsbrigge (talk) 20:34, 3 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

"Winchester Cathedral" at least has novelty value. —Tamfang (talk) 06:58, 4 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Doctor Who

Doctor Who has occasionally met other regenerations of himself. Has he ever met his current regeneration? -- SGBailey (talk) 18:18, 3 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Such a thing is usually said to cause a paradox/the end of the world/psychological trauma/etc. But he did see his current regeneration, they stood just a few feet apart only the second seeing the first and not the other way round, as the Ninth Doctor in the episode "Father's Day". Dismas|^(talk) 19:01, 3 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

And (spoiler) the ending of Journey's End might also apply. It's a different Doctor, but basically the same incarnation.. - 87.211.75.45 (talk) 19:02, 4 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Time Crash might be just what you're looking for... 190.157.120.42 (talk) 14:37, 5 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

January 4

Luis Miguel and Aracely Arambula on As The World Turns

Is there a possibility that Luis Miguel and Aracely Arambula would make appearances on As The World Turns? Ericthebrainiac (talk) 14:35, 4 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, Eric, here we go again.

Yes, as long as both people are alive and the show is being produced, there's a theoretical possibility. As is so often the case with your questions, I really don't think anyone can give you an answer that's any more accurate -- or useful -- than that. -- Captain Disdain (talk) 15:30, 4 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

If you want attention that badly (from the captain's response, you must have asked lots of these) then you should start a petition drive to get the soap opera in question to invite them on. There are a number of good online petition sites, and you can go to message boards that discuss the soap and urge people to sign your petition. Also, contact the network, and try to convince them why it would be a good idea. that will make it more of a possibility; as well as whatever else you may have asked.Somebody or his brother (talk) 01:29, 5 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

A Telenovela Replacing Muchachitas como tu

Which telenovela would replace Muchachitas como tú on January 12, 2009, Atrévete a soñar, Valeria or Tormenta en el Paraiso? Ericthebrainiac (talk) 14:48, 4 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Happy New Year to ya, Eric – :) Julia Rossi (talk) 02:06, 5 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

January 5

Why do coaches always say "We got a pretty good ballclub..."

and then ramble on with even more pointless cliches? I mean it's every damn time, win or lose. After every game it's the same tired, your team here, scripts. One for winning, one for losing. But they both state "we got a pretty good ballclub...". If I was on a bottom of the division team, no shot at the playoffs, and my coach said this, I would kick him in the balls on national tv.--Baseball and and and Popcorn Fanatic (talk) 02:13, 5 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps because you are only watching imaginary coaches? They must be imaginary if they always say "We got a pretty good ballclub..." I have heard real coaches say many different things, such as "They were who we thought they were" or "This team makes me want to puke" or "It's time to take off the diapers and grow up". -- kainaw ™ 03:17, 5 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

My favorite is the one, I believe for the 1976 Tampa Bay Bucs, who was asked to say something about his team's execution. His response: "I'm in favor of it." :-)

Anyway, it does seem that coaches have a lot of cliches, though they don't always use them. I'd say it comes down to leadership style. Some of the more outspoken coaches will say things like Kainaw mentioned. Others aren't nearly as aggressive, so they're more likely to sound a little wishy-washy at times.

Also, you're asking a coach, in a press conference, to speak for a ballclub that has at least a dozen (basketball) to over 50 (NFL) players. Coaches understand that each players is a little different. Some might need the "in your face" approach to get fired up. Others might need a lot of encouragement, and respond poorly to criticism if that criticism is too harsh. (Though each player should be abled to be coached, at least with constructive criticism.) Such a coach knows that, while it might do some of his players good to hear "we stunk out there," hearing "we really stink" 100% of the time will wind up doing more harm than good to those who tend to get so far down on themselves that the coach needs to encourage them. Though, granted, hearing cliches like "We've got a good team" 500% of the time doesn't help those who need a fire lit under them to get motivated.Somebody or his brother (talk) 13:31, 5 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

What else do you expect him to say? "Our team really sucks." Anyway, good clubs can find themselves out of the playoffs if star players happen to have an off-season or if the team experiences too many injuries. As for kicking a teammate (even the couch is a teammate), I'd kick you off of my team. 216.239.234.196 (talk) 14:08, 5 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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 :Such a thing is usually said to cause a paradox/the end of the world/psychological trauma/etc.  But he did see his current regeneration, they stood just a few feet apart only the second seeing the first and not the other way round, as the Ninth Doctor in the episode "[[Father's Day (Doctor Who)|Father's Day]]".  <span style="font-family:monospace;">[[User:Dismas|Dismas]]</span>|[[User talk:Dismas|<sup>(talk)</sup>]] 19:01, 3 January 2009 (UTC)
 *And (spoiler) the ending of [[Journey's End]] might also apply. It's a different Doctor, but basically the same incarnation.. - [[Special:Contributions/87.211.75.45|87.211.75.45]] ([[User talk:87.211.75.45|talk]]) 19:02, 4 January 2009 (UTC)
-[[Time Crash]] might be just what you're looking for... [[Special:Contributions/190.157.120.42|190.157.120.42]] ([[User talk:190.157.120.42|talk]]) 14:37, 5 January 2009 (UTC)
+::[[Time Crash]] might be just what you're looking for... [[Special:Contributions/190.157.120.42|190.157.120.42]] ([[User talk:190.157.120.42|talk]]) 14:37, 5 January 2009 (UTC)
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